Book description
In this intriguing historical novel, a young woman who is sent to a horrific "bride school" to be molded into the perfect Nazi wife finds her life forever intertwined with a young Jewish woman about to give birth.
Germany, 1939
As the war begins, Hanna Rombauer, a young German woman,…
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1 author picked The School for German Brides as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Three very different women (Hanna, Klara, and Tilde) live in pre-World War II Germany. Two of them have families trying to achieve advancement by marrying their daughters off to German officers; the third is their half-Jewish dressmaker, who is trying to keep her status a secret from her clients.
What I loved is that we saw the politics of the time and place and the roles women were expected to fulfill. One of the women, Hilde, wants to become a physician; this is unacceptable to her family despite her gift for healing. That’s just one example of how social mores…
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